Professional Landscape Designers Announce 2005 Leadership

Bobbie Schwartz, APLD, owner of Bobbie’s Green Thumb, Shaker Heights, Ohio, was elected president of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers to lead the association through 2005. She served APLD as president-elect in 2004 and certification chairperson for six years.

Schwartz, a member of APLD since 1991, says, “As president I want to find ways to reach out to landscape designers who still don’t know about APLD and what it can offer them. And, I want each person who is already a member to find APLD membership to be both a necessity and a great benefit.” She said she finds the benefits of belonging to APLD to be “enormous,” adding that it is “invaluable in networking with other designers about mutual problems, including running a design business and solving design problems.” She also feels her certification by APLD is a distinction that sets her apart, signaling to the public and to potential customers a commitment to the design profession.